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Using CNAMEs with Cloud Files containers

Article ID: 1080

Last updated on May 12, 2015

Authored by: Rackspace Support

A CNAME record is way to link your Cloud Files container to a branded URL that you display instead of a CDN URL. For example, you might want create a CNAME record that links your CDN URL (for example, http://c186397.r00.cf1.rackcdn.com) to a shorter or branded URL (for example, http://images.mycompany.com).

Find your CDN URL

Before you can create the CNAME record, you need to know the CDN URL of the container. You can find this in the Cloud Files section of the Cloud Control Panel by clicking the gear icon next to the container name and selecting View All Links. A popup dialog box with the CDN links to the container is displayed: